Florida Gardening
by the Sea is a primer for anyone new to gardening in this states
surprisingly hostile environment, especially near the coast, with its
sandy, alkaline soil, drought and downpours, salty well water, wind and
salt spray, high humidity and heat, and occasional freezing weather. Starting
with the basics of plant care and propagation, the book also covers what
coastal gardeners need to know about control techniques, specific plants,
landscaping, and gardening activities month by month.

Too many newcomers
to Florida try to grow plants the way they did "back home."
When they meet with failure, they give up. Florida Gardening by the
Sea is not simply a "how-to" book. It helps readers understand
what they are doing and why. Full of specific instructions, the book helps
gardeners understand and use common sense in working with soils, fertilizing,
composting, mulching, watering, and controlling pests--by the sea or in
any sandy, alkaline soil. If they follow the expert advice in this book,
written in Mary Janes warm, encouraging style, theyll be successful!

Features
include:

--specific instructions
about bulbs, shrubs, and trees that can most successfully be grown in
coastal areas--or in any sandy soil devoid of nutrients

For eighteen years,
Mary Jane McSwain was garden editor for the Daytona Beach News-Journal,
writing the weekly columns and feature articles that have made her one
of Floridas favorite gardening authorities.